A Repeat Four-Peat?

Texas won four NCAA team titles in a row from 1998 through 1991. They’re on the verge of making that happen again in 2018, having already won three straight Championships since 2015.

Having lost several members of last year’s team to graduation, the Longhorns aren’t the heavy favorites that they were the last two years when they went on to beat Cal by 193 points (2017) and 190.5 points (2016)–the fifth and sixth largest margins of victory in the men’s NCAA Division I history.

Still, come March 21-24 in Minneapolis, Texas has the talent to make it four in a row for a second time.

The remaining teams in Swimming World’s top five predictions rounded out the top five teams at last year’s NCAA Division I Championships. Each team, from Cal (second) to Stanford (fifth), return enough scoring members to hold their place from last year’s championships.

To read more about Swimming World’s NCAA predictions for the Men’s NCAA Division I Championships, check out the March issue, available now!

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FEATURES

016 PRIMED FOR THE SEQUELby Dan D’Addona
Stanford’s performance last year in winning the women’s NCAA Division I Championships by nearly 200 points was a blockbuster hit. And this year’s team might even be better!

020 A REPEAT FOUR-PEAT?by Dan D’Addona
Texas won four NCAA team titles in a row from 1988 through 1991. They’re on the verge of making that happen again in 2018, having already won three straight championships since 2015.

024 CAN’T GET ENOUGHby Andy Ross and David Rieder
The swimming superpowers of NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and NJCAA will try to pick up where they left off last year and continue their dominance at their respective national championships.

027 INSPIREDby David Rieder
Townley Haas’ story about his rapid rise to become an American record holder and an Olympic gold medalist is inspiring. What’s more inspiring to Haas, however, is the positive outlook on life shown by his sister, Emily. In 2007, she survived being shot in the head at the Virginia Tech massacre that killed 32 people and wounded 17.

030 COMING INTO HER OWNby Annie Grevers
In 2017, Mallory Comerford tied freestyle superstar Katie Ledecky at NCAAs and collected five gold medals at the World Championships. Named USA Swimming’s “Breakout Swimmer of the Year,” the 20-year-old University of Louisville junior and team captain is more than ready to see what 2018 will bring.

034 TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPHby Bruce Wigo
To celebrate women’s history month, Swimming World looks back at one of history’s most awful tragedies—the General Slocum Disaster—and how it influenced the right to swim for women.

037 COLLEGE SWIMMING: BEING YOUR BESTby Michael J. Stott
Many college coaches believe that how they train their swimmers between the conference and national championships depends on each individual athlete. But the end result is the same for everyone: making sure their swimmers are able to perform their best.

048 Q&A WITH COACH BILL PILCZUKby Michael J. Stott

050 HOW THEY TRAIN JOEL AXby Michael J. Stott

JUNIOR SWIMMER

053 UP & COMERS: EMMA KERNby Taylor Brien

COLUMNS &SPECIAL SECTIONS

008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT013 BEYOND THE YARDS036 THE OFFICIAL WORD040 2018 SWIM CAMP DIRECTORY052 HASTY HIGH POINTERS054 GUTTER TALK056 PARTING SHOT

Author: Taylor Brien

Taylor Brien is the Circulation and Operations Manager at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.